IPA wrote:Bienvenue parmi nous. You might wish you had bought a bigger model when you see how easy it is

Yes so easy ! First batch done, there was nothing else to do it brewed by itself ! I even wasted my spare time on watching the BM10 brewing ! I like to brew more often than to drink beer (crazy ), so I believe the BM10 will suit me fine ! I started 4 years ago with a 1 gallon (3.8L) kit from Brooklyn Brewshop with a glas jar as a fermenter, then I purchased an additional 5L glas jar. I still live with those jars with my BM10, an hope to get a 10/15L stainless steel fermenter for Christmas ! (I don’t really trust in the petrochemical industry to put my good beer in their plastic fermenter ). ​

aziztan wrote:bigstew, I'm glad the recent controller issue hasn't turned you off from the Brau mate!

I haven’t even heard of the controller issue before the purchase... I just discovered this in the forum threads after your message... What is the cause of this ?I had an issue with the BraumeisterMobil module : it connect and disconnect every 10 seconds from my wifi router, so the wireless connection was quite impossible... I tried to use my computer wifi antenna instead of the one supplied and had the same issue... But yesterday Braumeister sent me a new antenna, and surprise : I plugged in the Braumeister and kept the wifi connection for 20min without any deconnection, so I switched it off... I will have a longer try during my next brewday within 2 weeks...

I was given the exact Brooklyn Brew kit from my missus (5 years ago) I remember watching their instruction manual numerous times trying to understand it all. It was an IPA and came a packet of S04 yeast. I had no idea about temperature control so it wasn't great, but first brew will always be special no matter how awful it turned out.

I also remember saying I would never brew anymore than 1 gallon (5L), but these days even my 20L BM doesn't seem like much.

I had the chance to have in my neighborhood a beer shop : the guy not only sells beer, but also the products and raw materials, and he regularly organize collective training ! So my first Brookly Brewshop honey ale already was a success ! then the kit mixes are quite expensive so I started to create my own recipes with the big help of some good books !

aziztan wrote:bigstew, I'm glad the recent controller issue hasn't turned you off from the Brau mate!

I haven’t even heard of the controller issue before the purchase... I just discovered this in the forum threads after your message... What is the cause of this ?I had an issue with the BraumeisterMobil module : it connect and disconnect every 10 seconds from my wifi router, so the wireless connection was quite impossible... I tried to use my computer wifi antenna instead of the one supplied and had the same issue... But yesterday Braumeister sent me a new antenna, and surprise : I plugged in the Braumeister and kept the wifi connection for 20min without any deconnection, so I switched it off... I will have a longer try during my next brewday within 2 weeks...

Condensation on the screen. The great BM Achilles heel. Speidel never bothered to try to fix it for their customers.